Railway pail



' Feb.' 6, '1923.

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Fl LED MAR, 27, 1922 l A u u u a. b; ,w m m .I A a d Q W \\N\ Patented Feb, 6, i923.

ilhl ll Application filed March 27 192.4. Serial lilo4 551:7,1-51,

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ltonnnr Bum-ns, citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Railway lails,lot which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to new and improvements in a railway rail.

One object of the invention is to provide a railway rail which is formed of tne original 'l' rail, now in common use, in combination with a supplemental outside rail having an overlapping tread portion which, in use, lies upon the tread of tl e T rail and which takes the wear and which, when worn, may be replaced, trom time to time without renewing or replacing the "l" rail, thus lessening the cost ot' replacing railway tracks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a railway rail which will be strong and durable, which will not be liable to overturn or spread and which h as a much wider supporting base than the ordinary rail now in common use.

`With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to cer-- tain novel features 0iu construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example ot which is given in this specification and illustra ted in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side view of the rail,mounted upon the ties and showing the ointbetween abutting ends of the supplemental rail.

Figure 2 shows a side view of the rail, showing the joint between the abutting ends of the 'l' rail.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged transverse sectional View of the rail.

Figure l shows a side view ot t-he supplemental rail and,

Figure 5 shows a brace lug employed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals of refer ence designate similar parts in each ot the ligures, the numerals l, designate the railway ties, mounted upon which the ordinary T rail 2, whose abutting ends are clamped together by means of the ordinary fish plates 3, 3, all spiked to the ties by means oit the spikes l or common use.

@n the outside ot each rail 2. forming the tracl there is a supplemental rail 5. The outer edge of this rail is tori ed with a wide base 6 which rests upon the ties and is secured in place by means of the spikes 7.

useful This s ppiei orertirned ward the tread brace which prevents the l rail from spreadue to the pressure from ing or overturnn l abutting ends of passing locomotives. .lne the supplemental rail 5 are bolted to the T rail by means ot the bolts l0, lO, Figure l. rlfhesebolts pass through he ish plates 8, 3 and through the web oi the wi rail as well as through the supplemental rail, all oli which is illustrated in Figure and the supplemental rail is 'further secured to the "l" rail by means et the bolts ll, ll located at suitable places and similar to the bolts l0. ln order to jhu-ther brace and strengthen the l rail 2 l rave provided suitable lugs l2. wedge shape( in form. These lugs are intcrposed between the underside of the tread of the l" rail 2 and the supplemental rail, and are bolted in place by means ot the bolts l0 and ll. The bolts l@ and ll. are secured in place by means or' the nuts 13 which are screwed ont-o the threads thereof and which abut against wedge shaped washers as il, shown in Figure 3. A. very strong rail is thus provided having a very wide supportbase and braced so as to guard against the spreading of the tracks or the overturning of the rails. lrn replacing the tracks it is only necessary to remove and replace the supplemental rail 5 as the "l" rails 2 do not sustain any wear and will last indetinitely.

l/Vhat l claim is l. A railway rail including the combination of a T rail and a supplemental rail formed with a tread which lies over the tread or the T rail, and having a supporting base alongside the base of the T-rail.

2. A railway rail including the combination with a "73' rail of a supplemental rail secured to the outside or@ the said "l" rail and termed with a wide base and an overlapping tread which lies upon and extends beyond t tread of the "i" rail.

. railway rail including the combination with a "l" rail ot a supplemental rail disposed along the outer de of said i rail i a wide dse which crt/ni and termed wit-i beyond the base o nd formed with s 'Wide 1mese which lies alongside the base of the T-reil and :1 treed which overiies the T rail tread, and bolts securing the "i" rail and supplemental rail together.

5. A railway mii including the combination with a. 'i' rail of :L supplemental rail disposed along the outer side of seid "i" rail and 'formed With e wide base and e tread which overlies the T rail treed, bolts which secure the T rail and supplemental rail together and brace lugs interposed between said supplemental rail and T rail and held in place by said boits.

In testimony whereof have signed my 15 neme to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT BURRIS.

Witnesses Jos. W'. OLIVER, E. V. HARDWAY. 

